Dave Gorman gets straight to the point (The Powerpoint) with getreading ahead of his weekend show at The Hexagon

The innovative comedy mind behind Modern Life Is Goodish (Dave TV), Are You Dave Gorman? and Googlewhack Adventure is back.

Dave Gorman is coming to The Hexagon this weekend with a brand new live show that promises more of his unique blend of stand-up comedy and visual story-telling as Dave Gorman Gets Straight To The Point*... (*The PowerPoint).

He will be performing his new show, Gets Straight to the Point (The Powerpoint) on Saturday, October 31 October at the theatre in Queens Walk, Reading at 8pm with support from Nick Doody.

We caught up with the comedian ahead of his new show this Halloween weekend - but although the show falls on the same day as the spooky event, "fancy dress is not encouraged" he said.

First things first, don't be fooled by the title of the new show. It's no fancy metaphor, Dave will literally be using a powerpoint. He said: "Of course it's boring if you use it for sales but as a comedian it's really quite fun to use.

"If it's just you on stage with a mic, certain gags about adverts only work if the audience has that familiarity with it, but using a powerpoint means I can pick and choose things from a bigger rang of topics that my audience may not be familiar with.

"It works like a double act with referencing all the different pictures and videos."

One thing you also need to note, this powerpoint certainly won't be boring. Dave added: "There are around 600 to 700 slides so it's going to be fast moving and interactive."

The 44-year-old said he loves being on stage having grown up loving Morecambe and Wise, but actually stopped doing stand up for a while before getting back into it, and realising he had lots of bigger ideas he wanted to share.

Dave said: "Some stand up comedy involves telling true stories and people often exaggerate the truth, but with my powerpoint, proving I did these things amplifies the laughs.

"This new show is like a hybrid of my old stand up and story telling and the two just seem to have fused."

Rest assured that the comedy is under control, but what about Dave's beloved Liverpool F.C? He said: "It can only get better at the moment, I mean [Jürgen] Klopp is an exciting person to have at the club and it would be a struggle to get worse."